Weekend Box Office Report: December 5-7, 2014

Futuristic heroine Katniss Everdeen continued as reigning champion for a third weekend, keeping THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY - PART 1on top of the box office with an estimated $21.6 million!

A slow box office weekend had all releases losing steam, although MOCKINGJAY PART 1 has already gathered $560 million worldwide. While Jennifer Lawrence's big franchise is clearly still successful, the penultimate chapter's $257 million domestic total does trail behind CATCHING FIRE's $335 million total at this point in its release.

Holding onto second was the computer-animated spinoff PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR with $11.1 million, down 56% from its opening last week. The R-rated comedy HORRIBLE BOSSES 2 moved up two spots to third with $8.6 million, a 44% drop from its first weekend.

The Bateman/Sudeikis/Day revenge sequel nudged Disney's family feature BIG HERO 6 down to fourth with $8.1 million, with Christopher Nolan's INTERSTELLAR close behind in fifth with $8 million. The deep space journey is up to nearly $600 million worldwide, whereas Disney's new team of high-tech protectors are still awaiting release in many major international territories over the next couple of months.